And now comes the rest of the story.
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Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev says the Ligue 1 club turned down a succession of offers from Manchester United before agreeing to part with Anthony Martial for a fee of £57.6 million.
Martial, 19, signed for United earlier this week in a deal reported to be worth £36m up front.
French media reported that the transfer fee could eventually rise to €80m (£58m) when bonuses were included, which would make him the most expensive French player in history.
And Vasilyev appeared to confirm that information as he said the final price would be £57.6m when "very realistic" bonuses are taken into account.
On Thursday French newspaper Le Parisien indicated the transfer included three bonus payments, each worth €10 million.
The first will be paid when Martial scores 25 goals in all competitions for United and the second will be triggered if he earns 25 caps for France between now and June 2019.
The third will come into effect should Martial win the Ballon d'Or as the world's best player between now and the end of his four-year contract at Old Trafford.
The paper also claims that Martial will receive a bonus of €1.15m every time that Manchester United qualify for the Champions League.
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It seems that the bonuses are spread over the length of the contract, so hes got 4 years to score 25 goals (per season or in total?) which seems fairly easy if its in total and hes got 4 years to acquire the French Caps, which seems likely.
I dont know about that Ballon d'Or though, but then again I dont know anything about this kid. That one seems unlikely.
Seems to me that Monaco took United for a ride unless this kid turns out to be one of the best strikers in the world.